Odd Coincidences

Things that will weird you out, #219: Googling yourself and discovering that someone roughly your age with a very similar name recently died and had an obituary printed...in your hometown newspaper.

*shivers*

Odd Coincidences

Things that will weird you out, #219: Googling yourself and discovering that someone roughly your age with a very similar name recently died and had an obituary printed...in your hometown newspaper.

*shivers*

Triviality vs. Vitriol

Recently, I read someone's observation about the inverse relationship between the relative importance of a binary choice and the vitriol with which they would defend it. Which is to say, when someone has two options (toilet paper over/under, HD DVD/Blu-Ray, one/two spaces after a period), the less important their ultimate choice is, the more earnestly and angrily they will defend it.

At the time, I thought it was a cute koan, but a bit simplistic and not likely to apply in most situations.

Now, having read (or started to read, and ended up skimming) a good fifteen pages of people arguing over the superiority of Macs vs. PCs (with the obligatory mention of Linux in there too), I'm starting to believe it...

Triviality vs. Vitriol

Recently, I read someone's observation about the inverse relationship between the relative importance of a binary choice and the vitriol with which they would defend it. Which is to say, when someone has two options (toilet paper over/under, HD DVD/Blu-Ray, one/two spaces after a period), the less important their ultimate choice is, the more earnestly and angrily they will defend it.

At the time, I thought it was a cute koan, but a bit simplistic and not likely to apply in most situations.

Now, having read (or started to read, and ended up skimming) a good fifteen pages of people arguing over the superiority of Macs vs. PCs (with the obligatory mention of Linux in there too), I'm starting to believe it...